Fish lure



Nov. 23 1926. 1,608,375

c. L. DEWEY FISH LURE Filed March 1, 1924 jrwerz on' CLARENCE L. DEWEY, 0F ELKHART, INDIANA.

FISH LURE. I

Application filed March 1. 1924. Serial No. 696,198.

T he invention relates to improvements in fish lures.

()ne of the objects of the invention is to make a casting or trolling lure or bait entirely of metal which is made buoyant by enclosing an air space in an imperforate casanother object is to provide attaching means for hooks and a line without penetrating the interior of the device.

A further object is to provide means for causing the lure to become submerged to a varying selective extent, or to take a path upon the surface of the water.

Another object is to provide an all metal lure which will not sink when motionless on the surface of the water.

A further object is to simplify and cheapen the construction of the device by stamping and forming it in two pieces with the fastening means as inherent integral parts thereof, each piece contributing in the formation of the fastening means for the hooks and for the line.

Other objects and advantages will readily appear from the following description, when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawing, forming a part hereof, wherein Fig. 1 is a side elevation of one form of $0 the device.

num, although other sheet metalor mold' able material may be used. For example, the structure may be molded of more or less transparent or translucent plastic such as celluloid or a phenolic condensation product a and its interior may be filled or coated with a light absorbing and radiating paint of the character of radium, or the like. This feature, however, is a refinement or modifica tion, but it is valuable because the lightradiating substance is thereby protected from contact with water and. the destructive effects caused by friction engendered in passing thru the water.

In following the plans of the drawing for making the device for general distribution, I provide sheet metal of suitable charm iv! and punch it out to be subsequently formed into the desired configuration. I then it nm the punched sheet ieces into the two halves 1010' each half is surrounded entirely by a rib 11-11, respectively. The ribs at the front end are enlarged, as at 12, and on the underside at 13-43.

The two halves 1010 are placed together with the ribs in contact and with the concave sides confronting each other. The ribs are then soldered, brazed or cemented together to provide a sealed water-tight casing enclosing an interior chamber. These two halves, when put together, form an elongated body having an upwardly sloping frant end and a downwardly, sloping rear en The enlarged part 12 of adjoining ribs at the front end of the structure are transversely perforated at 14, 15 and 16. When the line 19 is secured in the perforation 14 the lure will dive into the water and remain deeply submerged as it is pulled thru' the water.

When the line is secured in the orifice 15 the lure will not be so deeply submerged as it passes thru the water, and when the line is placed in the hole 16 the lure becomes a surface bait.

The holes are made thru the ribs to rovideinherent integral fastening mem ers without the necessity to employ extraneous devices for the purpose and. without penetrating the casing into the enclosed chamber.

The wider parts of the ribs .at 12 and 13 have their corner edges turned back at 17 to provide abutments to maintain the hooks 18 in a more or less vertical position and to prevent the books from encountering the body part .of the lure.

Protuberances 20 are formed near the front ends of each member 10-10 in representation of'eyes.

When the structure is drawn rapidly thru the water, at whatever depth, it moves from side to side, or wiggles like a fish and when the speed of the movement varied it has an intermittent vertical movement because its forcible movement thru the water has the effect to submerge it substantially proportional to its speed. At the same time its buoyancy constantly tends to make it rise to the surface. For this reason the de- 'vice has a double wiggle, one in a vertical direction and the other in'a lateral direction,

hence the lure becomes very attractive.

Having described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters .Patent, is

1. A fish lure," comprising an elongated easing having a longitudinally central rib perforated to receive hooks, parts of the rib on each side of said perforations being outturned toconfine the hooks therebetwecn.

2. A fish lure having an elongated body part with an upwardly sloping front end and a transversely central rib extending about the body, the rib at the front end being widened and containing a plurality of 15 line-attaching perforations.

3. A fish lure having an elongated body part with an upwardly sloping front end and a downwardly sloping rear end and a transversely central rib extending about 29 the body, therib at the front end being widened and containing a plurality of lineatt-aching perforations. y

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand.

CLARENCE L. DElVEY. 

